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Late arrival for Heat, as it tries to avoid early exit

Still, the Heat had an annoyance prior to the game, when the driver of its second bus took the long route to the TD Garden, then had trouble figuring out how to get up the arena ramp. So, LeBron James, Udonis Haslem, Dwyane Wade and others — though not Mike Miller, who takes a taxi to the arena a few hours before — got into their routines about 30 minutes later than usual.

James spent most of the open locker room period on his back, getting stretched and reading Mockingjay, with Juwan Howard coming over to put a towel under his head. Norris Cole did his daily Bible reading. Chris Bosh, as always, was on the IPad. Wade was on the training table.

So how will they play?

“Especially in circumstances like this, I love the group that we have,” Erik Spoelstra said. “I really do. I love looking in their eyes yesterday at the team meeting and seeing what’s looking back at me, and even today’s shootaround. Those guys love these kind of moments.”